Need to Know

This episode is classic "House." A majority of the shows have patients who refuse to tell the truth. Even when they are facing horrible results. Here we have the ultimate mom who lives for attention by joining all kinds of charities, attending school functions, on and on. She is also, supposedly trying to get pregnant by her new husband. She already has a little girl. She is caught in a lie at one point, but that's only one of them. Unfortunately, all kinds of resources are expended to discover what is wrong with her after she begins to fling her arms around and act irrationally. There are ethical issues tested. We also have House facing reality when it comes to Stacy and her husband.

Julie (DOC Hollywood) Warner adds some real class to an episode that has more than its share of bizarre occurrences. The episode's title NEED TO KNOW fits more than just Warner as a so-called supermom who has built up a wall of lies the team must break through in order to save her from herself. It also refers to Cameron's hesitancy to take her HIV test as the result of a mishap in the AIDS patient episode. House really lets his temper fly with Warner, in a manner we haven't seen pretty much since the pilot episode, when he locked horns with another terrific actress, Robin (THE CRAFT) Tunney. Hugh Laurie, himself a movie actor, often seems to play best against fellow movie performers.